The Good Old Stuff is a selection of thirteen of John D. MacDonald’s best mystery stories written between 1947 and 1952, at the beginning of his career. While many readers know about MacDonald’s success from recent books such as Cinnamon Skin,...
The rogue cop was a good cop — smart, brave, experienced. But there was dirt on his hands. The dirt came from his association with the underworld — with Ackerman, numbers king, and other racketeers. These paid the rogue cop well for the cover-up...
Here is brilliantly executed narrative of two human beings caught in the terrifying grip of their own hatreds and fears. On an immediate level this is a powerful novel of violence and suspense, but in a more significant area it casts a surgically...